Name: Trina Rose Autida, Loren Bacon, Jaesel Date Performed:

Marsha Bornia Schedule:Thu,0:30 am-1:30 pm

Subject: PHY 3131L

Experiment No. 7: The Conical Pendulum

Table 1. Period of the Pendulum

Assumed mass of bob: m = 64 g

Assumed length of pendulum: 𝑙 = 6.4 m

Expected Time Exptl

Radius 𝜽 𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽 % Error
Trial Period T for 5 Period
R T2 of T
From Eq. 6 cycles T
m deg m sec sec sec sec2
1 3.0 27.94 5.654 4.772 23.86 4.772 22.77 0.00 %
2 3.3 31.02 5.485 4.701 23.50 4.700 22.09 0.02 %
3 3.5 33.13 5.360 4.646 23.23 4.646 21.59 0.00 %
4 3.8 36.40 5.151 4.555 22.77 4.554 20.74 0.02 %
5 4.0 38.66 4.998 4.487 22.43 4.486 20.12 0.02 %
6 4.2 40.99 4.831 4.411 22.05 4.410 19.44 0.02 %
7 4.5 44.65 4.553 4.283 21.41 4.282 18.34 0.02 %
8 5.0 51.34 3.998 4.013 20.06 4.012 16.09 0.02 %
9 5.5 59.20 3.277 3.633 18.16 3.632 13.19 0.03 %

Table 2. Centripetal Force and Tension on String

Angular Centripetal
Height 𝒉 Speed of Tension
frequency force
Trial 2𝜋 bob 𝑚𝑣2 on string
𝜔= 𝑣 = 𝑅𝜔 From Eq. 3
𝐹𝑐 = 𝑅
𝑇
m 1/sec m/s N N
1 5.654 1.316 3.948 0.3325 0.7100
2 5.485 1.337 4.412 0.3775 0.7319
3 5.360 1.352 4.732 0.4095 0.7490
4 5.151 1.380 5.244 0.4632 0.7792
5 4.998 1.401 5.604 0.5025 0.8032
6 4.831 1.424 5.981 0.5451 0.8309
7 4.553 1.467 6.601 0.6197 0.8816
8 3.998 1.566 7.830 0.7848 1.004
9 3.277 1.730 9.515 1.054 1.225
Graph here:

Calculations and Questions:

1. What relationship exists between the period of the conical pendulum and the angle 𝜃?
2
➔ 𝑇 and cos 𝜃 are directly proportional to each other in the relationship between the period
of the conical pendulum and the cos 𝜃. When the value of cos increases, so does the value
2
of 𝑇
2. Calculate the slope of the best fit line. Show it here. What is the physical significance of
the slope?
➔ Slope is 4.0265x , in which it shows how much the T2 changes per unit cost of cos 𝜃

3. From the slope, calculate the acceleration due to gravity. Express the experimental value
of g with error ∆𝑔. Show calculation below. (Hint: use the slope error and apply Rule no. 2
of Error Propagation.) DON’T FORGET THE UNIT.

★ Calculation for acceleration due to gravity (g)

2 2 𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑠θ
𝑟 = 4π 𝑔

2 𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑠θ 2 1 2
𝑔 = 4π 2
= 4π = 9. 804 𝑚/𝑠
𝑇 4.0265

★ Calculation for significance of g

 2 0.003
∆𝑔 = ( 4π )( 4.0265 ) = 0. 02
2
𝑔 ± ∆𝑔 = 9.8 ± 0.02 𝑚/𝑠
4. Compare the experimental value of g with the accepted value by calculating the
percentage error. What is/ are the possible source/s of error?

5. Does the period vary with the mass of the bob? Justify your answer.

6. A 101-gram conical pendulum attached to a 50.0-cm string is moving in a uniform

circular motion in a horizontal plane of radius 30.0 cm. Find the:

(a) angle made by the string with the vertical.

(b) tension on the string.

(c) period

(d) speed of the bob.

(e) centripetal force

(f) centripetal acceleration.